Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1712, the 'Schreiber'

Violin: 41372

FIT TO SCREEN FULL SIZE

Bearing its original label, Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1712."

Back: Two-piece of medium curl

Top: of medium grain

Scroll: by Andrea Guarneri, filius Andrea

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Dark golden

Length of back: 35.6 cm

Upper bouts: 16.5 cm

Middle bouts: 10.8 cm

Lower bouts: 20.45 cm

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Provenance

	Kurt Dahlmann
in 1887	Dr. Schreiber
until 1900	Oswald Möckel
1900-1937	Dr. Louis Ferdinand Auguste Ravené
from 1937	Hans Basserman
in 1949	Sold by Lyon & Healy
in 1954	David Lloyd Kreeger
until 1992	The David Lloyd Kreeger Foundation
from 1992	Current owner

Bronislaw Huberman, Hans Basserman, Henri Wieniawski, Pinchas Zukerman

Certificate: John & Arthur Beare, London (1997) Attributes the scroll to Andrea Guarneri.
Letter: William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia, PA (1993)
Insurance valuation: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1975)
Certificate: Albert F. Moglie (1954)
Certificate: Caressa & Français, Paris (1937) Lost.
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1935) Lost.
Certificate: Hamma & Co., Stuttgart Lost.

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Antonius Stradivarius (Volumes I-IV), Jost Thöne, Jan Röhrmann, Alessandra Barabaschi, Jost Thöne Verlag, Cologne, 2010 (illustrated)
The Strad, March, 1998, Juris Brensson, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
Christie's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 18, 1992, London, Christie's, Christie's, London (illustrated)
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
Violins & Violinists, April, 1939, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
Meisteratelier für Geigenbau - Martin Schleske München » Meisteratelier Geigenbauwerkstatt Martin Schleske
Private Archives - 10746
Private Archives - 10842
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)
World of Strings, Fall, 1956, William Moennig & Sons, Philadelphia (illustrated)